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The Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1939: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 10, 1939Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 August 1939375,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 10, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
375,762 km233,488 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1939 is on Monday, July 31, 1939 at 06:37 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 15, 1939 at 03:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 8, 193909:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 15, 193903:53

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Thursday, August 10, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 16, 1939 to the new moon of August 15, 1939, a cycle of 29.29 days.